14.4% ▼ -29.6%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Churchill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Churchill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Churchill provide unpaid care and have served in the military compared to most similar areas. While volunteer rates are lower than in many other places, the community shows a strong commitment to home and family support. About 15% of residents provide unpaid care, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 14.4% of people in Churchill volunteer, a rate that is a little above the Victorian average and about the same as the rest of Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 23.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure. This aligns with the 15% of residents providing unpaid care, a rate higher than most similar areas.
15.0% ▲ +19.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▼ -0.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
A higher than usual proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force, with 3.4% of residents having served, which is a little above the Victorian average.
3.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Churchill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20561/churchill/topic/community